Winter Trees - ILNP Treehouse

After a way too rainy autumn, the sun finally started peeking out, so round 2 of "all winter holiday all December" needed a cheerfully blinding holo.

indoor, CF lighting

Treehouse is a flamingly linear holo in a shade somewhere between mossy green and old-gold bronze - I have it filed as green, because it most definitely looks green in the bottle, but in fact most of the time on the nail it wore more as bronze.  Either way, it's a flashy antique earth tone with an utterly perfect formula that threw rainbows at every opportunity.  I haven't bought a "plain" holo in quite some time - apparently, I prefer my holos to be multichromes or have flakies or something else... but this color is utterly unique in my stash and well worth grabbing.

outdoor, overcast daylight

Over this earthy bronze, I've stamped a wintertime forest with a touch of snow using BM-407.  There's one large dot of snow plus a few smaller ones at the top of the image, and I removed all of these before stamping on each finger except the ring, hoping it would look like a glowing moon.  A sequin or rhinestone here would have really popped, but I wanted this to stay simpler.

outdoor, afternoon direct sunlight

The holo flame showed up in nearly all lighting conditions, including medium-intensity office fluorescents.  In bright light there's a warm copper-bronze flash that glows, while in lowest lighting the holo particles give a textured metal look rather than the greyed out wash that linear holos typically show.

outdoor, shady daylight

Rating:  a very solid 4 out of 5 stars, and probably 5 depending on your mood/love of this type of color.  Treehouse went on smoothly in 2 coats, then wore great for several days without chips or serious edgewear.

Where to buy:  direct from ILNP.

~Michelle